Brief Life History of James
James Fulton was born about 1687, in Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland, United Kingdom. He married Mrs. James Fulton about 1712, in Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter.
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- James Fulton in entry for Anna Fulton, "Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950"
- James Fulton in entry for Anna Fulton, "Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950"
- James Fulton in entry for Anna Fulton, "Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950"
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1802 · John Playfair publishes summary of James Hutton's theories of geology.
In 1802, John Playfair published the Illustrations of the Huttonian Theory of the Earth. His influence was by James Hutton’s knowledge of the earth’s geology.
Name Meaning
Scottish: habitational name from Fulton in Bedrule, Roxburghshire, Scotland, so named from Old English fugol ‘bird’ + tūn ‘enclosure, settlement’. Compare Folden 2.
English: variant of Folden 3.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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